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HCG Injections And A Low Calorie Diet For Weight Loss – A Summary Of The Research

Position Paper Regarding HCG Injections Along with a Very Low Calorie Diet for Weight Loss

by Dr. Kathryn Retzler

Portland, Oregon

The “HCG Diet” has become popular over the last few years due to the accessibility of the Internet and advertising by clinics that perform the protocol.  I’ve read ATW Simeons protocol “Pounds and Inches: a New Approach to Obesity” several times.  The paper is intriguing in terms of Simeons’ theories about weight gain and the role of hypothalamic dysfunction in prevention of weight loss.  It’s also bold – Simeons claims that the protocol is easy to follow and uniformly effective in suppressing appetite, elevating mood, and enabling “abnormal”, stubborn fat to be lost.  He also states that HCG resets the hypothalamus to prevent lost weight from being regained.  “Pounds and Inches” is available from several sources on the Internet.  If you’re interested, you can order a copy of Simeons’ paper describing his protocol published in 1954 from the Lancet.[1]

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Healty Teen Weight Loss Plan

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Nowadays, teens are also prone to being obese. Obesity is a sickness that strikes anyone at any age. If left untreated, obesity can cause serious complications like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Apart from that, being obese can also cause mental and emotional problems for teens.

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Hcg Fat Loss: The Controversial Weight Loss Program That Works

HCG fat loss is one of the reasons for the popularity in this controversial weight loss program. HCG fat loss has had the reputation for being faster than from a conventional calorie-restricted diet, which can actually cause the loss of lean muscle fiber.

HCG causes fat loss
The HCG diet plan, which was developed by Dr. A.T.W. Simeons in the 1950s, is a weight loss protocol, which centers on the use of HCG, the pregnancy hormone to encourage weight loss. Dr. Simeons discovered that this ‘off-label’ use of HCG on obese individuals caused them to lose abnormal fat.

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